Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Field Crops, Third Edition

Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Field Crops, Third Edition

Author: Nand Kumar Fageria

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1997-06-20

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 9780824700898

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"Examines climate-soil-plant interrelationships governing the nutritional and growth aspects of cereal, legume, and pasture crops--providing basic and applied information to improve the management and potential yield of major temperate and tropical field crop. Second Edition furnishes a new chapter on the management of degraded soils, and improved organization of chapter sequence, and more than 325 tables and drawings--over 90 new to this edition."


Wheat and Wheat Improvement

Wheat and Wheat Improvement

Author: E. G. Heyne

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 810

ISBN-13:

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This second edition reviews areas such as anatomy, morphology, physiology, water and temperature stress, origins and analyses of genes and genomes, management of the wheat crop, breeding, diseases, insects and pests, and quality of various wheats.


Managing Global Genetic Resources

Managing Global Genetic Resources

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1993-02-01

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 0309131863

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This anchor volume to the series Managing Global Genetic Resources examines the structure that underlies efforts to preserve genetic material, including the worldwide network of genetic collections; the role of biotechnology; and a host of issues that surround management and use. Among the topics explored are in situ versus ex situ conservation, management of very large collections of genetic material, problems of quarantine, the controversy over ownership or copyright of genetic material, and more.